Africa
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A provocative Tana Forum discussion: Challenging Africa’s towering figure
A shiver ran through the public attending the annual Meles Zenawi Lecture Series at the 4th Tana High-Level Forum on…
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Can Africa reinvent secularism? Debate and public lecture kick off packed Tana weekend
A lecture hall, six vice-chancellors or presidents of universities, and a sensitive issue: « secularism and politicized faith ». That…
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The lords of power, the gurus of politics
The Ten Commandments of the Bible as a constitution. This is what the Lord’s Liberation Army (LRA), led since 1987…
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The Fourth Tana Forum on Security in Africa begins; record number of heads of state expected to attend
The fourth Tana Forum on Security in Africa has started yesterday with African Vice-Chancellors debate and public lecture on the…
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Exclusive: “We need secularism in Africa and it has to be defended”
Michelle Ndiaye Ntab is the program director for African Peace and Security Programs (APSP), a joint program of the Addis…
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Ethiopia says plans for textile export to generate US$1 billion annually in GTP II
In the second phase of the growth and transformation plan (GTP II), the textile and garment industry is planned to…
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Forty Ethiopians arrested in Nairobi for being in Kenya illegally
More than 40 Ethiopians were arrested on Tuesday April 14th from two separate houses in Kiamaiko and Eastleigh area, Nairobi…
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IOM begins evacuation flights from Yemen; Ethiopians among evacuees
On Sunday 12th April, IOM organized its first charter flight to evacuate 141 third country nationals (TCNs) from Sana’a, Yemen.…
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Sweden shares experience in road safety to Ethiopia
The National Road Transport Safety Council (NRTSC) of Ethiopia in collaboration with the Swedish Embassy in Addis Abeba has organized…
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Bring them back now
Gordon Brown London – It has been nearly a year since the Islamist extremist group Boko Haram kidnapped 276 girls…
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